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Temple Official
Located in London, GB
'Temple Official', pencil and watercolour on paper by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1882). This is the artist's portrait of a financial official in a Cantonese temple in Guangzhou, China in the latter half of the 19th century. His garment is typical of that of a senior civil servant of the Chinese government. Clothes were designed to indicate rank and status, becoming so distinct that the wearer’s position could be ascertained at a glance. During his second career as an artist, Pritchett traveled widely in the Pacific region in the 1880s. This artwork has been professionally restored and cleaned to preserve it for decades to come and therefore in good overall condition. It has also been newly framed and glazed. The artist has written 'The Treasurer & Temple' and '5 Geni Temple, Canton Jan. 22 1882' on the lower left and right hands of the artwork. Upon request a video of the work may be provided.
About the Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett (1823 - 1907), a gun maker and artist, was the son of Richard Ellis...
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1880s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon
Located in PARIS, FR
Delphin Enjolras (1865 - 1945)
Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon From 1910 To 1919
Pastel on paper
Signed and dated top right : D. Enjolras 1899
Framed
Friend of the ...
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1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
DS Mirror Blue
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Tigran Tsitoghdzyan is especially interested in how people interact in this era of technology and social media. His “Mirrors” series suggest a close examination of self, and yet hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
John Phillip Kemble as Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated (on back) "January 1845/ J.E.J."
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Rowland, Buckingham, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Abraham, West Chester, PA
Hirschl & Adler Galleries...
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1840s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Located in Firenze, IT
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Charcoal on paper with light watercolor wash
Size: 45 x 37.5 cm
Turin, late 19th – early 20th century
Sheet from the Turi...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Torture Scene, Folk Art Gouache by Unknown Artist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Torture Scene, Medium: Gouache on thin laid paper, Image Size: 4.5 x 4.5 inches, Size: 7 x 9.75 in. (17.78 x 24.77 cm)
Category
1960s Folk Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
19th century silhouette of a male field 2 strand
Located in York, GB
19th century silhouette of a male , description to reverse gives name and date, copied from back of silhouette see photo
framed and glazed and in good condition with only minor sig...
Category
19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich - Large Scale Charcoal on Mylar Original, Framed
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Borgman’s work captivates the viewer in several ways. First is their scale. They hang like medieval tapestries, with figures standing as tall as eight feet. There is also their texture – created by using charcoal on Mylar, and the results are richly gestural, with distinct charcoal strokes and eraser marks animating the figure and ground alike. With a flat surface, she creates volume and life. And perhaps the most powerful of all, the viewer is caught be the gazes of the models, who stare forcefully out of the picture. They seem to be examining us every bit as much as we are examining them.
These larger-than-life portraits stem from chance encounters that grow into meaningful connections between the artist and her subject. Most are strangers that she approaches on the street. They capture her attention with expressive eyes that show experience and wisdom, distinctive shapes and a casual body language. “I try to honor the people I am drawing by centering them in the format and shooting from slightly below their eye level. I choose an expression that exudes intelligence, self-awareness and complexity. I try to convey their humanness. I want the viewer to feel this person might be someone interesting to know”, says Borgman of her subjects. The intensity with which she conveys the eyes may stem from her many years of communicating in sign language, which is based on sustained eye contact.
Borgman loves the directness of drawing. It is immediate, there is no lag time. There is no time waiting for the paint to dry. She works solely in charcoal which she can manipulate to achieve varying degrees of darkness and opacity. It is messy and the artist loves that.
Mary Borgman
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich, 2022
charcoal on mylar
53h x 40w in
134.62h x 101.60w cm
MBG009
[This work is custom framed in shadow box style with non-reflective Tru-Vue Museum Glass]
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
55.25h x 42.50w x 2.25d in
140.34h x 107.95w x 5.71d cm
Mary Borgman
b. October 4, 1959 St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
SOFA Chicago 2012, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Group Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010: Special Installation at SOFA Café, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Charcoal
Taxi Driver, June 14 Diptych. Watercolor and ink on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
India a Pair of Collectable Prints early 20th C Gods Goddess Epics Ancient
Located in Norfolk, GB
A fabulous pair of early, coloured oleographs, originating from India. Oleographs are chromo lithographs that have been coloured to look like oil paintings. In the case of these two...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Study Of A Head
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Artus WOLFAERTS (1581-1641)
Study of a head
Oil on paper, transferred on panel.
39,5 x 29 cm
Unsigned
Provenance
Private collection, France
Firstly thought to be from Rubens’s S...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
1940s Charcoal and Pencil Portrait of a Man
Located in Arp, TX
Artist Unknown
"Tie and Glasses"
c. 1940s
Charcoal and pencil on paper
13.5"x17" site 19"x23" rustic wood frame
Unsigned
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
The Figures Sketches - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in pencil and pen and pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pen, Pencil
John Field early 19th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period.
John Field (1758-1821)
Portrait of a young gentleman
Watercolour with bronze touches on plaster
3 x 2½ inches, oval, without the frame
6 x 5 inches with the frame
John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Bronze
$409 Sale Price
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The Bully - Narrative Art by Female Illustrator Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
The present work exhibits a storytelling and illustration art style created before the mass communications age. It was rendered in a flat linear style by the highly talented Maginel ...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Board
Portrait of Man - Drawing on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century.
Original Drawing on paper. Red pencil.
Not signed.
Mint conditions.
Fresh portrait ...
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA.
Located in Firenze, IT
1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA Champions League
Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 19...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Illustration Board, Paper
Young man in a toga elegant man Latin American hyperrealist Hockney style
Located in Norwich, GB
Superb original drawing in coloured conté pencils, heightened with white on oatmeal coloured vergé paper by Claudio Bravo. The work was created during the artist's Moroccan period, a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper, Color Pencil
Moreno Torricelli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96
Located in Firenze, IT
Moreno Torricelli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1995-96 - Determination
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated '96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 ...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Carbon Pencil, Illustration Board, Charcoal, Paper
J. S. Yamamoto - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Home from the Fields
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine full-length late Meiji period watercolour portrait depicting a father and son walking home from the field in soft evening light. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Spanish Nobleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait painted in the Grand Manner depicting a well-dressed Spanish nobleman in 17th century dress. Well presented in a simple ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$274 Sale Price
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The Three Graces Fantasy Fashion Illustration - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
For your consideration, we have a pen and ink drawing of an interpretation of The Three Graces, who strike a pose for a 1930s fashion ad. In Greek mythology, they were goddesses w...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Board
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate o...
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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Portrait of an Old Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an old man done in charcoal by California artist Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten 82" lower right. Pre...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$460 Sale Price
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Portrait of a man, ink on beige paper, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf Schlichter (1890-1955)
Portrait of a man
Ink on beige paper
Signed
44 x 31 cm
small damages on the edges
Rudolf Schlichter was born in Calw i...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink
Girl - Original Pencil Drawing by J.L. Rey Vila - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original artwork realized by José Luis Rey Vila in 1959. Pencil drawing on paper.
Hand-signed and dated by José Luis Rey Vila on the bac...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of Gentleman - Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gentleman is a drawing in Pencil, Charcoal, and watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passeprtout.
Hand-signed in pencil
In good ...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Running Man - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The Running Man is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Driver's License Self Portrait - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
Driver's License Self Portrait
2005
lithograph
13.50h x 10w in
34.29h x 25.40w cm
CG0041
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multipli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Lithograph
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked woman seated, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)
A naked young woman seated
Charcoal and red chalk on thin paper transfered on cardboard
49 x 39 cm
Framed : 55.5 x 45.5 cm
Octave Denis...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Composition with Reading Girl by an Unknown Artist, Ink on Paper, Dated 1922
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Swedish Artist
Composition with Reading Girl
inkl on paper
indistinctly signed and dated Eric Eric SON? 1922
frame included
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$807 Sale Price
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Side Profile of Young African American Man with Black Hoodie
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This pastel portrait captures the side profile of a young African American man dressed in a black hoodie. The artist skillfully employs the pastel medium to bring out the rich textur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of John Cornwall
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine full-length portrait of John Cornwall of the Scarborough rifle corps, dressed in full uniform with musket. Presented in an oval gilt metal frame w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$315 Sale Price
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Portrait - Pencil Drawing on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Pencil drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century. With another drawing on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Adolf Reinhold Hallman - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil and China ink on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grimace is a beautiful brown and black China ink drawing and watercolor on wire rod paper, made by an anonymous artist of the late 18th century.
A precious old master's original dra...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait Of Man - Original Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Man is a charcoal drawing on brown paper, hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Good conditions except for some folds and rips along the margins.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Man - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in Pencil.
Good conditions except for being aged.
The artwork is represent...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Spurious
Located in Buffalo, NY
This large scale charcoal on paper is from the artist's series "These fragile truths". This body of work explores the limitations and aesthetics of human memory through portraiture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal
Fine 19th Century Coloured Pencil - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oval portrait of a well groomed Victorian gentleman with handsome features and piercing blue eyes. The artist has used directional hatching and fine line to create plumpness i...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$268 Sale Price
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Portrait of Condottière
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to Léon COGNIET
Paris 1794 -1880
Portrait of Condottière
Pen and brown ink
10,5 x 8cm
30 x 25cm
framed
Period frame
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
$1,011
UNTITLED DRAWING
Located in Portland, ME
Gropper, William (American, 1897-1977). UNTITLED DRAWING. Blue chalk
on fibrous handmade paper. Signed lower right, and inscribed at left
to Irwin and Sarah Lefcourt. 26 1/2 x 20 1/...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Le Croates en Allemagne - 1813 - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Singer Actress Eva Tanguqy - Mexican Artist, Mexican Writer
Located in Miami, FL
Eva Tanguqy-A Strange Request, New York Evening World newspaper and Puck magazine interior (two works), 1910s
India ink and blue pencil on heavyweight paper
16-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (4...
Category
1910s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Color Pencil
Brigante - Watercolor 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.. Hand titled and signed. Representing brigand. Very good conditions.
Very beautiful and good quality watercolour both for the drawing a...
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Musician - Pencil Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Musician" is a pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century.
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 30 x 21.3 cm.
This is an original drawing re...
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nick Xylouris
Located in New York, NY
This is a drawing by James Childs (1945-2020) offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Nick Xylouris
2004
Signed and titled, recto
Graphite and Conté crayon on paper
12 x 8.25 inches
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Graphite
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick - 1884 chalk drawing by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Located in London, GB
FRANK LEWIS EMANUEL
(1865-1948)
Portrait of Archibald Hartrick
Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: A S HARTRICK (artist) by F L EMANUEL 1884
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue paper...
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1880s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
19th Century Watercolour - Artist's Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour self portrait. The artist seems to take inspiration from the self portraits of Rembrandt, creating an intimate composition where the viewer is confronted with ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$365 Sale Price
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Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95
Located in Firenze, IT
Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95 - The Roar of Victory.
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated ’96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Portrait of Woman - China Pencil on Paper by A.-F. Cals - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Portrait is a beautiful drawing in pencil realized by Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880)
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
Included a Pa...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Man - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th
Located in Roma, IT
Man is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions except for consumed m...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mickey Mantle, Yankees, Original Pastel Drawing by Jack Lane
By Jack Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pastel drawing of Mickey Mantle by Jack Lane from 1986. A classic sports illustration of the legendary Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees at bat. Fr...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
18th century portrait of the Royal Academy model George White
By John Russell
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Russell sale, Christie’s, 14 February, 1807: ‘John Russell, Esq., R.A. deceased, crayon painter to His Majesty, the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York; and brought from his late Dwelling in Newman Street’, lot 92, ‘St Peter’, bt. Thompson (£1.13s);
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25th September 1980, lot 113;
Private collection, UK, 2016.
Literature:
Martin Postle, 'Patriarchs, prophets and paviours: Reynolds's images of old age', The Burlington Magazine, vol. cxxx, no. 1027, October 1988, pp. 739-40, fig. 9;
Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures, Cambridge, 1995, p.136, repr.;
Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2928.
Signed and dated: J Russell/ fecit 1772 (lower right)
Framed dimensions: 25 x 31 inches
John Russell was admitted to the Royal Academy in March 1770, at the same time as Daniel Gardner. The nascent Academy Schools were still establishing their teaching structures, but central to the syllabus were the twin components of drawing after the antique and from life models. By 1772 Russell had already been awarded a silver medal and progressed to the life academy, where he produced this remarkable pastel study of George White. White was the most famous model employed by the Royal Academy and prominent artists in the second half of the eighteenth century. A paviour – or street mender –by profession White had been discovered by Joshua Reynolds, who in turn introduced him to the Academy. Russell’s striking head study demonstrates his abilities as a portraitist and pastellist, at the same time showing his interest in the Academy’s preoccupation with promoting history painting.
George White was one of the most celebrated models in eighteenth-century London. According to the painter Joseph Moser:
'Old George…owed the ease in which he passed his latter days, in a great measure to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who found him exerting himself in the laborious employment of thumping down stones in the street; and observing not only the grand and majestic traits of his countenance, but the dignity of his muscular figure, took him out of a situation to which his strength was by no means equal, clothed, fed, and had him, first as a model in his own painting room, then introduced him as a subject for the students of the Royal Academy.'
As Martin Postle has pointed out, whilst characterful studies of old men posed as biblical figures, prophets or saints by Continental old masters were readily available on the art market – Reynolds himself had copied a head of Joab by Federico Bencovich in the collection of his friend and patron, Lord Palmerston - finding a model in Britain from whom to execute a painting was more difficult.
White therefore offered a rare opportunity for artists to combine portraiture and history painting, by painting a model in the guise of an historical or literary character. In 1771 Reynolds showed at the Royal Academy a picture of White entitled Resignation. It was engraved in 1772 and accompanied by a stanza from Oliver Goldsmith’s Deserted Village, implying a literary context to what is essentially a portrait. In his annotated Royal Academy catalogue, Horace Walpole noted: ‘This was an old beggar, who had so fine a head that Sir Joshua chose him for the father in his picture from Dante, and painted him several times, as did others in imitation of Reynolds. There were even cameos and busts of him.’ White sat to, amongst others Johan Zoffany, John Sanders, Nathaniel Hone and the sculptor John Bacon...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Giuseppe Migneco(Italian painter) - 20th century figure drawing - Fortune teller
Located in Varmo, IT
Giuseppe Migneco (Messina 1903 - Milan 1997) - The fortune teller.
49.5 x 39.5 cm without frame, 52.5 x 40.5 cm with frame.
Antique mixed technique drawing on paper, in wooden fram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A young woman sewing, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940)
A young woman sewing
bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner
pencil on paper
30.5 x 20 cm
In quit...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Guardian of the Mosque" Drawing 14" x 10" inch by MOUNIR CANAAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Guardian of the Mosque" Drawing 14" x 10" inch by MOUNIR CANAAN
Signed and dated.
ABOUT:
Mounir Canaan (1919 – 1999) was a powerful artist whose body of work & style was always...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$6,800 Sale Price
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Upscale Couple Illustration Puck magazine Interior - Mexican Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marius de Zayas was born in Veracruz, Mexico and emigrated to New York with his family in 1907. He joined the art staff of the New York Evening World newspaper and quickly became kno...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
